On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Brian <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> I'm not sure I agree with you..
>
> (3 terabytes / 10 megabytes) seconds in days = 3.64 days
>
> That is, on my university connection I could download the dump in just a few
> days. The only cost is bandwidth.

While you might be correct, most connections are reported as megaBITS
per second.  For example, AT&T's highest grade of residential DSL
service is 6 Mbps, which would result in 46 day download.  Comcast
goes up to 16 Mbps, which is 17 days.

-Robert Rohde

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